Our lips touched quickly, and I jumped up, a shiver running through me. What the hell was I doing? Ion my feet, I looked at him in horror, "I'm sorry," I stuttered, before turning to the castle and sprinting towards it.

"Kara, wait." He called.

I turned back momentarily, and hesitated as I spoke, "I can't. I'm sorry," I took a deep breath. "I'm sorry, Draco," I turned once again and sprinted in the direction of the school, not stopping until I had reached the classroom for my next lesson. It was History of Magic, and one of the most boring lessons ever. I couldn't concentrate at all, and as I haphazardly attempted to make notes, my mind wandered, and I found myself back down by the lake, talking to him once again.

I snapped back to, when Kerkera nudged me, and I noticed that everyone else was packing up, and preparing to go to dinner. I still found myself void of all hunger, and so I instead made my way back to the deserted common room, where I settled in front of the fire and did my Potions homework, whilst the going was good, and there was little noise in the room.

Finishing as the first people returned from dinner, I put my stuff away and went and found Fluff-Ball, who was all fluffed up in a little ball on my bed. I grabbed him and carried him back down to the chair in front of the fire, and sat once more in the chair, dreaming whilst stroking my little cat. I was in a world of my own, and so I jumped when Kerkera and Ginny came and started to speak to me, causing Persephone made a weird noise (A/N ok, I met a cat in the street that COULD NOT miaow, and it made a really weird choking noise instead that was really freaky) and dug her claws deep into my poor legs, causing me to jump once more, and her to roll to the floor. Kerkera and Ginny just stood there ad laughed, until I glared at them, shutting them up. They muttered simple apologies, before joining me, Kerkera sitting in another armchair, and Ginny sitting on the rug in front of the fire, playing with Persephone, and a ball of wool.

We talked until quite late into the night, and I couldn't help but notice that they hadn't actually done their Potions homework, which I helpfully reminded them about, as they made their ways to the dorm. I told them that I would be up in a minute, and sat by the fire for a while longer, gazing deep into its glowing embers. Hearing soft sounds coming from what could be outside, I walked over to the window by one of the desks, and looked out onto the grounds, admiring at how peaceful and beautiful it all looked in the heavy dusk. And then I noticed, it was snowing! Large, beautifully formed snowflakes that were drifting down, and settling heavily on the ground. I was so wrapped up in watching them settle in the cold outside, that I didn't even notice the portrait-hole opening, and only heard him, when he stood behind me, and breathed down my neck.

"Have you been avoiding me?"

I pirouetted around to face him, "Fred!" I didn't know what to say, "Um, no."

"I think you might have been, none of us have seen you all day."

I did my best to hide the truth, and not to show him that he was right, "it looks beautiful, doesn't it?" I indicated the snow.

He looked confused momentarily, and was about to question me further on the previous subject, when he looked out of the window, sighing, "Yes. Yes, it is."

We both stood in silence, looking out of the window, until I could bear it no more, I turned to him, and spoke, the words falling out of my mouth in a rush, "I'm sorry. I've been avoiding you. I was scared. You're so much older than me. And I like you. But I can't like you. You're too much older than me. But I like you, and I can't like you. I'm sorry."

I ran from the room, tears streaming from my eyes. Opening the dorm door, I flew across the room, and threw myself onto the bed, pulling the hangings tightly shut behind me.